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Lauren Cioffi/KPCC | Eli Broad, left, has appointed Bruce Reed, former CEO of the influential Democratic Leadership Council, to lead his foundation.
March 3rd, 2014, 6:00am :: After more than a decade of directly overseeing $1 billion in education reform grants from his non-profit foundation, philanthropist Eli Broad is grooming a replacement.
He's hired Bruce Reed, a high profile Washington political operative who spent decades in the halls of power. Reed was a speechwriter for then-U.S. Senator Al Gore, advised President Bill Clinton's domestic policy agenda, and was CEO of the influential Democratic Leadership Council.
Sitting at a conference table at Broad's 12th floor Westwood office recently, Reed sounded almost like an intern.
"I'm sitting at the right hand of the master, learning how this is done," Reed said. "He's been a great mentor in so many ways already."
Among the billions Broad has donated over the years, a substantial chunk has gone to public education. For more than a decade, his support has fed the growth of charter schools and pushed for results-based teaching.
Reed began two months ago as president of the Broad Foundation, a newly created job. He'll take over deciding who receives millions of dollars in education grants on behalf of the philanthropist who some say has an inflexible agenda to shape schools.
"It would look like a national system," said Broad, describing what he would see as a perfect education infrastructure. "Rather than having 14,000 school boards across America, it would get governors involved, big city mayors involved, and it would have a longer school day and a longer school year."
Reed boasts of helping shape education policy on the national stage for three decades. But in his new job, he'll execute Broad's vision. That's what his to-do list suggests.
"First, spend as much time as I can with Eli to learn how to approach these issues the way he has," Reed said. "Second, take a look at everything we've done in the past 13 years and decide [if that makes] sense going forward."
In other words, stay the course.
It's been a direction fueled by lots of money. In the past 13 years Broad has donated $800 million to education initiatives. A lot of it has gone to charter schools. In 2012, the KIPP charter school group got more than $2 million and Green Dot received $775,000 to supplement public funding. The online tutoring group Khan Academy received $1 million that year, too.
Broad is somewhat happy with the progress of education reform. He takes credit for influencing the signature changes nationwide in the past 20 years.
"Between No Child Left Behind, which wasn't perfect, between Race to the Top, we've changed a lot of laws in a lot of states, allowing teachers to do a better job in the classroom," he said.
Broad has known all along he needs allies in public office to carry out his vision. He's generously donated to elections — from school boards to the U.S. presidency. He leans Democrat in Washington but anti-union on school boards.
Since Reed was hired several months ago, he's been on a whirlwind tour of California and L.A. power circles — private introductions courtesy of his new boss.
"I've met the governor, the mayor, the former mayor, the mayor before that, the attorney general, the state treasurer — a host of people who would aspire to jobs like that," Reed noted. "It's been a great education."
After three decades in Washington, Reed says he was ready to leave the political gridlock and lead a results-driven effort such as the Broad Foundation. Broad says Reed has a lot of important work to do. Starting with doling out the group's signature $1 million grant.
"We've got the Broad Prize jury. When, in June?" Broad asked.
"Work starts on it in a couple of weeks," Reed said.
"Oh, that's right. It saves me a trip to Washington," Broad said.
At the age of 80, Broad says he's ready for someone else to take over his education philanthropy and be at all the places he's had to be.


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In North Lebanon, we call the "Mudardara" as "Mujaddara w Riz" ie, Mujaddara with rice. And if we were to go all out on our "shmeli" North Lebanon accent, we call it "Mjaddra" or "Mjaddro"… 🙂 This amazing dish goes well with tangy salads, such as the Fattoush Salad and a side of Greek yogurt.
Lentils and Rice Mudardara Ingredients (4 servings)
2 cups of lentils
1 and 1/4 cups of long grain rice
4 medium onions, caramelized
1/2 teaspoon of salt
5 cups of water
1/3 cup of oil for frying (coconut or vegetable)
1 Table spoon of olive oil
Preparation Method (60 minutes)
1. Rinse the lentils with cold water and remove any apparent debris.
2. Add the lentils to a pot filled with 5 cups of water, bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce heat, cover, and let simmer for 20-25 minutes or until lentils are tender.
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Preparation time: 5 minute(s)
Cooking time: 55 minute(s)
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 4
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Wire service reporting takes a special skill that not all writers posses. In less than 300 words, for most stories, a reporter must present the relevant facts and sufficient context to allow a reader to understand the story, while also be entertaining and interesting.
A problem arises when a wire service story substitutes analysis or opinion for news. While some stories are labeled news analysis or opinion — and as such it is proper to load a story with the author's views of what should be rather than what is — when a news story substitutes opinion for journalism we have a problem.
An item from the Religion News Service that came across my desk yesterday illustrates this peril. In a story entitled "Church of England's bishops defer gay marriage decision" that came in at a little under 300 words, RNS devotes only half of the story to reporting on what happened at the meeting of the Church of England's House of Bishops and what they said and the balance to what RNS thinks we should think about the story.
And RNS neglects to mention the most news worthy portions of the report — that the bishops are hopelessly divided over the issue of homosexuality.
The lede is rather anodyne, but does mention one fact from the report:
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) With little more than two months to go before Britain's first same-sex marriage, the College of Bishops issued a statement saying that "no change" to the Church of England's teaching on marriage is proposed or envisioned.
Next comes a sentence providing the setting:
The statement came after an all-day meeting at Church House in central London Monday (Jan. 27) attended by 90 bishops and eight women participant observers.
And then a paragraph on the purpose:
The aim of the meeting was to discuss the recommendationsof the Pilling Report on human sexuality that was published in 2013. That report was the result of a recommendation made by church leaders at the end of the Lambeth Conference in 2008 that Anglicans should embark on a discussion process to help heal the rift on the subject of full rights for Christian homosexuals.
Followed by a quote from the report on what happens next:
"The House of Bishops will be meeting again next month to consider its approach when same sex marriage becomes lawful in England and Wales," the statement reads.
The story breaks down as news at this point as it turns to argument and opinion with selected polling data, extraneous information about what is happening in Africa and Scotland (items that might be independent stories but no tie is provided to the bishops' meeting or evidence that it had any relevance to their debate), and closes with an opinion from a Guardian columnist notoriously hostile to the Church of England's current position.
That is it. Compare this story to the piece that appeared in the Telegraph. Admittedly twice as long as the RNS piece, the Telegraph piece conveyed vastly more information and hardly any commentary.
The key facts of the report, the items with which the Telegraph led its story, were never mentioned by RNS.
The Church of England's bishops have finally reached agreement on homosexuality – by saying that they might never be able to agree.
They emerged from a frank, day-long meeting behind closed doors, discussing their response to radical proposals to offer wedding-style blessing services for gay couples, and admitted they are deeply divided over the issues and are likely to remain so for years to come.
In a joint statement on behalf of the 90 bishops who attended, they said that "the best they could hope for was "good disagreement".
The announcement effectively kicks proposals trumpeted before Christmas as a solution to the Church's wrangles over homosexuality into the long grass.
Even if RNS wanted to keep the story focused on the "no change" angle, they neglected to provide the context that would have explained the importance of this angle. While the bishops do not expect a change to the marriage liturgy — which has not been under consideration — the Pilling Report (the document the bishops discussed) has proposed allowing clergy to perform blessings of same-sex unions.
In short, gay marriage which had been off the table remains off the table, while gay blessings remains a live issue — over which the bishops are hopelessly divided.
Rather than push its own views on the inherent goodness and inevitability of gay marriage in the second half of the story, it may have been better to have offered analysis on the meaning of the fact reported in the opening sentence. Or, they could have stuck to the facts like the Telegraph. Better yet, they could have simply reprinted the bishop's statement and then supplied a commentary piece labeled as a commentary piece. I'm afraid that this is not a good outing for RNS as a reader will left in the dark as to what is happening with gay marriage in the Church of England.


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LONDON — One of this city's most talked about places is an unremarkable traffic rotary dotted with steel gray ventilator shafts that sits in the shadow of a giant billboard.
Yet Silicon Roundabout, as it's known, is the epicenter of the British government's effort to turn London into a global technology hub. The name is a play on California's Silicon Valley, but UK leaders are looking to Massachusetts in efforts to boost their nation's high-tech economy as a future job creator.
They are studying entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taking lessons from Kendall Square to better understand how to turn the roundabout — and the former Olympic Park located nearby — into a global magnet for technology ventures.
The British government embedded its Boston-based former consul-general Phil Budden at MIT for the last several months. Now there are preliminary discussions about creating a satellite office of the Cambridge Innovation Center, the Kendall Square incubator that is home to hundreds of MIT-spawned start-ups, in London.
"We'd like to get that MIT magic, taking great science and turning it into real companies, to rub off," Budden said recently. "They are a world-class education center for entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurs that everybody wants to get a piece of."
Silicon Roundabout was simply the gritty Old Street Roundabout about a decade ago when a few technology start-ups opened up there, attracted by the area's affordable rents in a notoriously expensive city. The success of a few of those start-ups, businesses such as Last.fm, Moo.com, and Dopplr, attracted other entrepreneurs.
Two years ago, the British government decided to back the effort and embarked on a plan to boost its growth, dubbing a wide swath of East London as "Tech City."
The nation was in the throes of a deep recession at the time, and government leaders enacting steep budget cuts pointed to the growing tech cluster as a way to revive the nation's battered economy, create jobs, and promote what leaders have called their "prosperity agenda."
Today, Tech City encompasses a meandering 7-mile section of East London that includes Silicon Roundabout and Olympic Park. Property values have soared, and the British government hopes to boost its size and visibility on the world stage, while promising locals improved neighborhoods and job creation.
"The UK is in a global race, and I am determined that we as a government continue doing everything we can to equip the UK to compete and thrive in that race," Prime Minister David Cameron said recently.
By government estimates, there are now about 1,300 tech companies in Tech City. Last year, Google Campus opened a seven-story center where programmers and others can meet for coffee or a game of pool.
The building is anonymous — with no outward markings that it is owned and managed by Google — but the company offers mentoring and help to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest retailer, also situated a new center in Tech City last year, where hundreds of software engineers and programmers focus on the next generation of TV and film services. Telecommunications giant Vodafone Group PLC also opened its own technology lab and incubation center in the area last year. And Silicon Valley Bank opened its first UK branch in London in 2012.
Benjamin Southworth, deputy chief executive for UK Trade & Investment, the arm of government promoting Tech City, said Massachusetts has more venture capital firms and funding than all of the United Kingdom, generally because London's financial culture is more conservative than California's or Boston's.
"We're trying to get high-net-worth guys involved," Southworth said of Tech City. "Everybody always says, 'You have so much money in London.' But what we also have is the attitude of aversion to risk."
Government officials have launched a marketing effort to showcase the United Kingdom's vast cultural offerings with the hope of attracting what it calls the "creative digital class."
Officials used the Olympics as a way to showcase the city's fashion, design, and music offerings, promoting the city and nation at a venue called Hackney House, a circus tent erected on an empty East London lot, and using it to promote industry by day and host cabaret singers, art, and local music at night.
The government has also helped sponsor social events at local pubs and art galleries geared to helping the city's already bustling scene for young people interested in technology and culture. Such events add to the excitement surrounding Tech City and offer networking opportunities in a nation where one in five twentysomethings is unemployed.
And British government officials recently announced a $78 million plan to redevelop Silicon Roundabout itself, constructing a civic building on the site that offers classrooms, shared work spaces, and workshops for use by start-ups, entrepreneurs, and the wider community.
Back in Massachusetts, British consulate officials routinely take representatives from area companies, politicians, and potential investors overseas to show what Tech City has to offer.
About 30 companies from the United States have opened in Tech City in the last two years, consulate officials said, and many more Massachusetts companies have expressed strong interest.
And Budden has been working with professors at the MIT Center for Entrepreneurship on ways to build London's reputation and make the city more attractive to foreign entrepreneurs, workers, and investors.
Fiona E. Murray, the faculty director of the MIT Center for Entrepreneurship, visited Tech City twice in recent months to aid the government effort.
Murray, a British native educated at Oxford University and Harvard, said she thinks the city needs to draw more experienced international entrepreneurs ready to turn start-ups into job-generating giants.
"Two-person businesses are not going to build the economy in London," she said of small start-ups. "Mixing it with entrepreneurship and experience, it's a powerful thing to do."
Murray works with a steady steam of student entrepreneurs at MIT who help make Kendall Square one of the densest and most established technology clusters in the world.
She said MIT, unlike other schools, does not give any investors or governments "privileged access to our students" or the companies they create, noting that entrepreneurs ultimately decide where to locate.
But she admitted a soft spot for her homeland.
"The first place I'm likely to help is the UK, it's where I'm from and the place I care most about," She said. "London is a special place, and I think there's a tremendous opportunity [there] to do some wonderful things."
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"Joy Cometh in the Morning"
The title of my message is taken from the thirtieth Psalm, verse 5 [Ps. 30:5]: "Joy cometh in the morning." As I discussed this scripture with members of our family, they recalled that "men are, that they might have joy" (2 Ne. 2:25), but they had not pondered the intriguing concept that "joy cometh in the morning."
One of our family said, "News reports appear almost daily concerning people who have problems with drugs, drinking, and emotional distress. How can they, and we, attain the joy spoken of in the scriptures?"
"The gospel of Jesus Christ offers hope," I answered. "It declares joy to be part of our divine destiny. And to experience joy in the morning becomes our special challenge. The true test," I continued, "is to be able to look in the mirror, first thing in the morning, and feel real joy."
One of our daughters, who had recently announced that she was expecting a new addition to the family, said, "But Dad, that's the hardest time of the day for me!"
"My dear ones," I replied, "in order to experience true joy in the morning, or at any time, at least three factors are needed. You need to feel good about the people with whom you live and work—your companions in life. You must feel good about yourself—not in any sense of conceit, but simply a proper esteem for yourself, well deserved. And possibly most important, you must feel good about your relation to God and sincerely love him."
As I so counseled my family in that conversation, we all might consider those three steps to achieve real joy in life.
Courtesy to Companions
Joy in the morning begins with courtesy to companions. When shades of slumber first admit the light of dawn, I reach gently for my beloved companion nearby. I gain sweet reassurance that all is well with her even before my eyes are fully opened. That reminds me, incidentally, of advice given by President David O. McKay, who said, "During courtship we should keep our eyes wide open, but after marriage keep them half-shut" (in Conference Report, Apr. 1956, p. 9).
My sweetheart has done that. Through our many long years of postgraduate study, professional responsibilities, and a growing family, she did not complain. Recently I overheard a conversation she had with young mothers enduring similar stress. They asked her how she had managed with ten children and a husband whose time to help was so limited. Kindness was reflected in her reply: "Through our struggling years I didn't expect much, so I was rarely disappointed."
She is special. With her, it is easy to obey the scriptural injunction to "live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of [thy] life" (Eccl. 9:9).
Not all of us are blessed with such wonderful eternal companions—not yet anyway. Many of us who are married cannot be together as much as we would like. Thankfully, we all have companionship of family and friends.
Recently another General Authority was my partner for mission tours to dusty places. On occasion, when I returned from a morning shower, I found to my surprise that this considerate companion had shined my shoes. Gratefully I wondered if each of the thirty thousand missionaries now laboring in the Lord's service would have, and be, as kind a friend as he was to me, thoughtfully rendering simple acts of courtesy to a companion.
Joy cometh in the morning to those who have earned the night's rest of a laborer. One of life's sweetest returns is the privilege of rendering significant service of worth to others. To be able to do for fellow human beings something they could not do for themselves brings matchless satisfaction. Years of preparation are worth it.
And joy is derived in Church service. Alma so expressed this thought: "That perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance … is my joy" (Alma 29:9).
Through service in the temples, the concept of courtesy to companions can be nobly extended to those who have passed beyond the veil. The gospel brings glad tidings for the dead and a voice of gladness for the living and the dead—for all, glad tidings of great joy (see D&C 128:19).
Even when death's veil separates us from parents who gave so much that we might be, their righteous influence continues with us. And as they may watch from windows of heaven, their mornings will be brighter if they can truly say, as did the Apostle, "I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth" (3 Jn. 1:4).
Above all, courtesy to companions cannot be defiled by disobedience to the law of chastity. That sin is joy's deadly poison. The first morning's glance in the mirror cannot reflect joy if there is any recollection of misdeeds the night before. The surest step toward joy in the morning is virtue in the evening! Virtue includes courtesy to companions all day long.
Self-esteem, Well Deserved
The next prerequisite to joy is to feel good about yourself. The second of our Lord's two great commandments carries a double charge: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" (Matt. 22:39). Therefore, love of companion is governed, in part, by esteem of self, and so is joy in the morning.
Each individual should understand the nature of his or her own soul. Profound insight is provided by this revelation:
"For man is spirit. The elements are eternal, and spirit and element, inseparably connected, receive a fulness of joy;
"And when separated, man cannot receive a fulness of joy" (D&C 93:33–34).
Therefore, spiritual and physical elements each must be nurtured if we are to earn proper self-esteem.
Spiritual self-esteem begins with the realization that each new morning is a gift from God. Even the air we breathe is a loving loan from him. He preserves us from day to day and supports us from one moment to another (see Mosiah 2:21).
Therefore, our first noble deed of the morning should be a humble prayer of gratitude. Scripture so counsels: "Pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto [you]: and [you] shall see his face with joy" (Job 33:26; see also Alma 34:21; Alma 37:37).
I did not fully appreciate the significance of prayerful greetings until I became a father myself. I am so grateful that our children never gave their mother or dad the silent treatment. Now I sense how our Heavenly Father may appreciate our prayers, morning and night. But I can imagine the pangs of his sorrow because of silence from any of his children. To me, such ingratitude seems comparable to sullen goldfish oblivious to kind providers who sprinkle food in their bowl. Indeed, those who pray can "worship God with exceedingly great joy" (Alma 45:1).
I learned long ago that a period of uninterrupted scriptural study in the morning brings enduring enrichment. I feel as did Jeremiah: "Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart" (Jer. 15:16). Sacred scriptures have been repeatedly described as "glad tidings of great joy" (Hel. 16:14; Mosiah 3:3; Alma 13:22; see also Luke 2:10). As we learn and abide their teachings, that joy becomes part of our lives.
Joy cometh in the morning when personal talents are developed. Each of us is blessed with different potential. I don't think I could get up early enough to become a portrait painter. But I have appreciated teachings since my earliest childhood from parents who knew the joy that good music brings. And some of the sweetest sounds in our home have been those from songs and instruments of children improving their talents.
Even in Old Testament days, "David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, … sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy" (1 Chr. 15:16).
Confidence to begin each morning ready to meet the challenges of the day comes from spiritual self-esteem.
Physical self-esteem also requires nurturing. Our bodies deserve thoughtful care. I echo this declaration of Paul:
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are" (1 Cor. 3:16–17).
Physical conditioning from regular exercise is important. And we can do so much more to keep our bodies strong.
In 1833 the Prophet Joseph Smith received the Word of Wisdom by revelation. It includes these simple directives: We are not to drink alcohol, tea, or coffee, and we are not to use tobacco. Prophets in our generation and in this conference have told us also to avoid harmful drugs. Now medical science increasingly confirms the physical benefits of compliance with these teachings.
The damaging effects of alcohol are so widely known, additional comment is hardly needed. Harm inflicted by alcohol has been demonstrated, for example, by a study of the relationship between alcohol consumption among expectant mothers and the birth weight of their newborn infants. Findings published from the U. S. National Institutes of Health disclosed that consumption of one to two alcoholic drinks a day was associated with a substantially increased risk of producing a growth-retarded infant (see James L. Mills, et. al., "Maternal Alcohol consumption and Birth Weight," Journal of the American Medical Association, 12 Oct. 1984, pp. 1875–79).
Scientists now know that smoking tobacco is the number one preventable cause of death in all the world. It is the leading preventable cause of heart disease, lung disease, artery disease, and cancer (see William W. Pollin and R. T. Ravenholt, "Tobacco Addiction and Tobacco Mortality," Journal of the American Medical Association, 23 Nov. 1984, pp. 2849–54; 1986 Heart Facts, American Heart Association, 1986, p. 16; "The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General," publication DHHS (PHS) 84-50204, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Services, Office of Smoking and Health, Rockville, Md., 1983).
Still another report indicates that more than one fourth of all deaths in the United States are now caused by conditions which physicians classify as addictive disorders (see Pollin and Ravenholt, p. 2849).
Obedience to the Word of Wisdom keeps one free from all such addictions. This protection is pronounced by covenant in the last verse of the eighty-ninth section of the Doctrine and Covenants:
"And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them" (D&C 89:21).
This reference to the first Passover reminds us that, in faith, ancient Israel was obedient to the commandment to take blood and "strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses" (Ex. 12:7).
"And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not … destroy you" (Ex. 12:13).
So, in faith, modern Israel is commanded to obey the Word of Wisdom. It becomes our token of a covenant with the Lord—a spiritual separator of covenant Israel from the rest of the world.
Joy cometh in the morning—to those who can stand before the mirror and feel clean, to those whose mouths are free from the taste of flavors forbidden by the Lord, to those whose spirits and bodies are free from feelings of self-remorse.
Love of God
The crowning attribute that leads to joy is love of God. Even that first look in the mirror can be more enjoyable knowing we are created in his image. Each of us can say, as did the Apostle, "Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance" (Acts 2:28; see also Ps. 16:11).
God, who gave us life, also gave us commandments to live by, that we might have joy. They have been revealed periodically by prophets from Adam to President Benson. One wrote this expression: "Consider … the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual" (Mosiah 2:41).
But for those who have not known his ways or who have strayed from them, remember, it is not too late to change. Blessings from faith and repentance still can be yours.
To those who feel defeated and downtrodden, look to the early hours of the day for your rescue. The Lord tells us, "Cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated" (D&C 88:124).
The dawning of a brighter day heralds a time of forgiveness. Shadows of yesterday's grief melt in the rays of early morn's opportunity.
Joy comes from our posterity, and we rejoice as they are blessed by the ordinances of salvation and exaltation.
Our family experienced that in a special way recently as our youngest daughter was sealed to her eternal companion in the holy temple. To witness this event, along with other family members, were her parents and all eight of her older sisters and their husbands. For us, there was truly joy in the morning on that day. Then we really felt the scriptural truth, "Men are, that they might have joy" (2 Ne. 2:25).
These experiences, glorious as they are, become but prelude to that great day ahead, when the faithful will stand at the latter day upon the earth. They shall abide the Second Coming of the Lord and shall stand with him when he appears (see Mal. 3:2–12; 3 Ne. 24:2–12). On that joyous morning, the mirror will reflect the miracle of the first resurrection. The faithful shall be crowned with glory, immortality, and eternal life (see D&C 75:5; D&C 138:51).
Once again "morning stars [will] sing together, and … all the sons [and daughters] of God [will] shout for joy!" (D&C 128:23; see also Job 38:7). For on that morning, "the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together" (Isa. 40:5; see also Ezek. 20:48; Luke 3:6; D&C 101:23).
Then, "there'll be peace and contentment evermore, ev'ry heart, ev'ry voice on that day will rejoice. … There'll be joy in the morning on that day" (Natalie Sleeth, "Joy in the Morning," Carol Stream, Illinois: Hope Publishing Co., 1977, pp. 4–5, 9–10). It shall be ours—through our faithfulness—I testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.


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I'm trying to use the IIS URL Rewrite Module 2.0 to prettify SharePoint 2010 URLs for the Internet zone of an extended SharePoint application. I have the zone set up to allow anonymous users.
As long as everything on the page is viewable by anonymous, everything works fine. But if I try to go to a page containing something that triggers Windows authentication, I get the error "The local device name is already in use" out of the Windows authentication module.
This only happens when authentication happens on a page with the URL being rewritten. If I log in on a page not being rewritten, then navigate to the page with the rewritten URL that requires authentication, everything works fine. (Everything also works fine if I change the rewrite rule to a redirect rather than a rewrite.)
The rewrite rule and two failed request traces are all at https://gist.github.com/1131530.
- Rewrite rule: https://gist.github.com/1131530#file_rewrite.config
- The first failed request trace is
. I'm assuming this is what is supposed to happen—that the server responds that it needs to authenticate. - The second failed request trace is
. This is the one with the error "The local device name is already in use" from the Windows authentication module.
Does anyone have ideas about why that error would happen and how to fix it?


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NASA has selected 16 small satellites from nine states to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2015, 2016 and 2017. The proposed CubeSats come from universities across the country, a primary school, non-profit organizations and NASA field centers.
CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites measure about 4 inches on each side, have a volume of about 1 quart and weigh less than 3 pounds.
The selections are from the fifth round of the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative. After launch, the satellites will conduct technology demonstration, educational research or science missions. The selected spacecraft are eligible for launch after final negotiations, depending on the availability of a flight opportunity. The organizations sponsoring satellites are:
— Boston University, Boston
— Brown University, Providence, R.I.
— Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
— Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
— Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, Mass.
— Marquette University, Milwaukee
— NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
— NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
— New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, N.M.
— St. Thomas More Cathedral School, Arlington, Va.
— The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif.
— University of California, Los Angeles
— University of Florida, Gainesville
— University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
— Utah State University, Logan (2 CubeSats)
In the previous four rounds of the CubeSat Launch Initiative, 99 CubeSats from 28 states were selected. To date, 27 CubeSats have launched through the initiative as part of the agency's Launch Services Program's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite Program. This year, four separate launches will carry 17 CubeSats.
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Toshiba brings out business-card-sized SSDs
Toshiba has unveiled solid-state drives based on the new mini-Sata interface standard, which lets manufacturers create very small drives for use in netbooks and other portable or embedded devices.
The Japanese hardware maker introduced the two 32nm SG2 SSD modules, each of which comes in two capacities, on Monday. In a separate announcement the same day, the Sata-IO consortium said it is developing mini-Sata (mSata).
The new interface specification will provide "a high-performance, cost-effective storage solution for smaller devices like notebooks and netbooks", said the consortium, which includes Toshiba.
One of Toshiba's SG2 modules uses an mSata interface, while the other uses a standard Sata II connector in a 'Half-Slim' caseless format. The modules, which come in capacities of 30GB and 62GB, are each smaller than a business card, according to the manufacturer. The mSata module measures 30mm x 4.75mm x 50.95mm, while the Sata II module measures 54mm x 4mm x 39mm.
The company said that the 62GB version of the module is one-seventh the volume and one-eighth the weight of the standard, 2.5-inch SSDs currently used in netbooks.
"Our latest 32nm mSata and Half-Slim caseless modules enable hardware designers to add the performance and reliability advantages of a solid-state drive in a smaller, footprint for notebooks, portable electronics and other embedded storage applications," Toshiba memory chief Scott Nelson said in a statement.
The SG2 modules have interface speeds of up to 3Gbps, a maximum sequential read speed of 180MBps and a maximum sequential write speed of 70MBps. The modules will go into volume production in October, Toshiba said.
Other manufacturers working on the mSata specification include Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, SanDisk and STEC.


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Friday, Nov. 9, 2007
(Washington, D.C.) — Halloween may be over, but Medicare Part D beneficiaries shopping during open enrollment could be in for a nasty scare, with up to $1,915 in cost increases next year for premiums and five commonly used prescriptions – the equivalent of about two month's worth of Social Security checks.
"Anyone currently enrolled in the Medicare drug program should sit down with their family this holiday season to make sure their plan still offers a good deal next year," said Bill Vaughan, senior health policy analyst for Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports.
"Those folks who simply stick with their current Medicare drug plan and fail to check next year's drug prices and premiums could face financial disaster come January," Vaughan added.
Consumers Union also found that while many plans are reducing monthly premiums for next year, they actually are increasing overall annual costs for a theoretical basket of five common prescription drugs monitored in the study.
"Lower monthly premiums can be dangerously deceptive to a senior who doesn't also check on the costs of the drugs they are taking under that plan," Vaughan said. "Just because you see your monthly premiums go down, don't assume your drug costs won't go up, perhaps dramatically."
In zip codes in five states (New York, Illinois, California, Texas and Florida), Consumers Union compared January 2007 Medicare Part D Plan out-of-pocket prices for five common drugs and monthly premiums with those advertised for January 2008. At least 82 percent of plans in each state increased their overall costs , and out of the total 247 plans, 39 plans, or 16 percent, increased their costs by 25 percent or more .
The largest increase among the five states sampled was for Envision RxPlus Gold of New York, which increased total premium and drug costs 60 percent – or $1,915 – from January 2007 to January 2008. This plan also had the highest increases in Florida and California, and Texas (along with Blue MedicareRx Standard), and was second only to Blue MedicareRx Standard in Illinois.
"It is so important to take the time and shop among plans, and use the Medicare website (www.Medicare.gov) to check your drug costs," Vaughan said, adding that CU found up to a $2,700 difference between the lowest and highest cost plan within a state for the five drugs sampled. "A plan that was a bargain this year may be the exact opposite next year. Beneficiaries have just a few weeks during open enrollment to avoid being stuck with a high cost plan in 2008."
While the majority of plans CU sampled increased overall costs, some plans kept costs low, or even reduced their costs from year to year.
In 2007, HealthSpring Prescription Drug Plan–Reg 22 had the fifth lowest overall drug costs of any plan in Texas for the five sampled drugs and premiums, and a 2008 cost increase of as little as 3 percent . This now makes it the least expensive plan in the state for the five drugs (in New York, Illinois and California the least expensive plans for these five drugs are also run by HealthSpring).
"It is essential that beneficiaries look carefully on the Medicare website and in the 'Medicare and You Handbook' for plans with prices that start low and stay low," Vaughan said.
Consumers Union also reminds beneficiaries that many could benefit by reviewing their drug options with their doctors and considering effective, lower-cost alternatives. Savings from moving to a generic or lower cost brand alternative might more than cover their Part D premiums. Information on the safest, most effective drugs is available, free, on the CU website, www.CRBestBuyDrugs.org.
Plan with the greatest percentage increase in total cost
State (Zip Code) | Plan Name | % Increase in total cost | $ Increase in total cost |
California | EnvisionRx Plus Gold | 57% | $1,867 |
Florida | EnvisionRx Plus Gold | 53% | $1,771 |
Illinois | Blue MedicareRx Standard | 50% | $1,287 |
New York | EnvisionRx Plus Gold | 60% | $1,915 |
Texas | Blue MedicareRx Standard
EnvisionRx Plus Gold |
50% |
$1,687 |
All numbers to the nearest percent and dollar |
Plans with the greatest percentage increase in total costs which also reduced monthly premiums
State | Plan Name | $ Decrease in Monthly Premiums* | % Increase in total costs* | $ Increase in total costs* |
California | Bravo RxII | 3 | 29% | $812 |
Florida | Bravo RxII | 4 | 28% | $798 |
Illinois | Aetna MedicareRx Essentials | 3 | 21% | $722 |
New York | Bravo RxII | 1 | 31% | $882 |
Texas | Blue MedicareRx-Standard | 3 | 50% | $1,263 |
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There are some cars that are so common on our roads they just become part of the background. Repmobiles and superminis that sell in their millions and seem to be everywhere all the time. But even for ubiquitous models like the Ford Mondeo, it turns out that the clock is ticking and they will one day vanish. To see how long some of the UK's most popular cars have left, insurer Adrian Flux looked at the numbers of licensed vehicles for each quarter from the beginning of 2010 and use this to work out how quickly they are disappearing from our roads. Based on that it created a projection as far ahead as 2029 to see when these best-sellers will vanish for good.
Countdown to extinction - the best-selling cars heading for oblivion
Once a familiar sight, these popular models are on borrowed time
By Matt Allan
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TEIORHÉÑHSEREˀ (Tayorheasere, Teyarhasere, Tigoransera, Tiyerhasere, Tyorhansera, called Little Abraham by the whites), Mohawk chief, member of the wolf clan; son of Old Abraham, a prominent chief; d. 1780 at Fort Niagara (near Youngstown, N.Y.).
Teiorhéñhsereˀ was a pine tree chief, an elected leader chosen for his rhetorical or military skills. He first appears in the records in 1755. In the late spring of the following year he participated in a conference between the superintendent of northern Indians, Sir William Johnson, and representatives of the Six Nations then gathered at Fort Johnson (near Amsterdam, N.Y.). In the Seven Years' War he led at least one war party against the French and was with Amherst at the surrender of Montreal in 1760. He must have distinguished himself in his early career for Sir William, an accurate judge of men, called him "the Best Indian of the Mohawks."
Even in the midst of war Teiorhéñhsereˀ found time to use his considerable oratorical powers in a cause for which he fought most of his life – the struggle to save Mohawk lands from encroachment by whites. As one of the leaders of Fort Hunter, the lower village of the Mohawks, Teiorhéñhsereˀ kept up the fight for his people's lands during the 1760s. The next decade, however, was to see this struggle made much more difficult by the outbreak of revolution.
At the beginning, Teiorhéñhsereˀ declared that the Six Nations had "no inclination or purpose of interfering in the dispute between Old England and Boston." As he put it, the Iroquois considered the revolution "a family affair" and would "sit still and see you fight it out." Neutrality, however, proved impossible. The Mohawks were attracted to the British for many reasons: their links with the Johnson family, their regard for their missionary, John Stuart*, their resentment toward American land-grabbers, and – since the Americans could not adequately furnish the Indians with essential supplies – their reliance upon the more dependable flow of British trade goods. As a result, the Mohawks were generally regarded as friends of the crown, and after the battle of Oriskany (near Rome, N.Y.) in August 1777, many were driven from their homes to the safety of Montreal.
Teiorhéñhsereˀ and a few others, however, chose to remain despite considerable danger from local rebels who resented their presence. He may well have decided to stay behind because Major-General Philip John Schuyler, an American Indian commissioner, had intimated to the Mohawks that if they deserted their villages they would never be allowed to return. Quite possibly Teiorhéñhsereˀ, one of the few Mohawks of any stature to remain in hostile territory, did so in hopes of preventing the loss of his people's land.
While at Fort Hunter, the courageous chief tried to prevent bloodshed between rebels and loyalists, both Indian and white. Unfortunately for Teiorhéñhsereˀ, his neutral conduct made him a traitor in the eyes of British officials. When he went to Niagara in February 1780 to try to negotiate a prisoner exchange and to appeal for an end to Iroquois involvement in the war, he was denounced by Kaieñˀkwaahtoñ and Kanonraron (Aaron Hill) and arrested by Guy Johnson, Sir William's successor. The ageing chief did not survive the ordeal; he died in prison. In a sense Teiorhéñhsereˀ was fortunate, for he was spared the pain of witnessing the irrevocable loss of his people's homeland.
National Archives (Washington), RG 360, M247, roll 172, item 153, v.1, ff.414–46, Philip Schuyler to J. Hancock, 23 Jan. 1776; roll 173, item 153, v.3, ff.286–91, Philip Schuyler to H. Laurens, 15 March 1778. New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Schuyler papers, Indian boxes, box 13, Conference between commissioners for Indian Affairs and the Six Nations, 26 April–10 May 1776; box 14, Board of Commissioners for Indian Affairs in the Northern Department, minutes, 9 Jan. 1778; box 14, Jelles Fonda to the commissioners, 21 April 1778. PAC, RG 10, A2, 1822–26, 1829–32. American archives (Clarke and Force), 4th ser., III, 485, 487; 5th ser., I, 1040, 1045–46. Johnson papers (Sullivan et al.). NYCD (O'Callaghan and Fernow), VII, 115; VIII, 658–59, 725. Graymont, Iroquois. R. T. Pastore, "The Board of Commissioners for Indian Affairs in the Northern Department and the Iroquois Indians, 1775–1778" (unpublished phd thesis, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., 1972), 125–29, 151–52, 165–77, 184, 200.
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In recent months the undeclared war in Iraq seems not to have been on the minds of most Americans. News of the violence and deprivation which ordinary Iraqis are forced to deal with on a daily basis rarely makes it to the front pages. Instead, we read in the newspapers numerous slanted stories about the how the surge is succeeding and reducing violence. Never does anyone dare to discuss the costs of the war or its implications.
There are the direct costs of the war, the costs of maintaining bases, providing food, water, and supplies, which the administration vastly underestimated before embarking on their quest in Iraq. These costs run into the tens of billions of dollars per month, and I shudder to think what the total direct costs will add up to when we finally pull out.
Then there are the opportunity costs, those which decision makers in Washington almost never discuss. Imagine that the war in Iraq had never happened, and the hundreds of billions of dollars we have spent so far were still in the hands of taxpayers and businesses. How many jobs could have been created, how much money could have been saved, invested, and put to productive use?
Unfortunately, it appears too many policymakers in Washington still cling to the broken window fallacy, long since discredited by the 19th century French economist Frederic Bastiat, that destruction is a good thing because jobs are created to rebuild what is destroyed. This pernicious fallacy is unfortunately widespread in our society today because those in positions of power and influence only recognize what is seen, and ignore what is unseen.
Running a deficit of hundreds of billions of dollars per year in order to fund our misadventure is unsustainable. Eventually those debts must be repaid, but this country is in such poor financial shape that when our creditors come knocking, we will have little with which to pay them. Our imperial system of military bases set up in protectorate states around the world is completely dependent on the continuing willingness of foreigners to finance our deficits. When the credit dries up we will find ourselves in a dire situation. Americans will suffer under a combination of confiscatory taxation, double-digit inflation, and the sale of massive amounts of land and capital goods to our foreign creditors.
The continuation of the war in Iraq will end in disaster for this country. Parallels between the Roman Empire and our own are numerous, although our decline and fall will happen far quicker than that of Rome. The current financial crisis has awakened some to the perils that await us, but solutions that address the root of the problem and seek to fix it are nowhere to be found. There must be a sea change in the attitudes and thinking of Americans and their leaders. The welfare-warfare state must be abolished, respect for private property and individual liberties restored, and we must return to the limited-government ideals of our Founding Fathers. Any other course will doom our nation to the dustbin of history.
Taken from Rep. Paul's testimony to the Joint Economic Committee Hearing, February 28, 2008.


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The school year has officially begun, and many students will be surprised when they go through the lunch line. For the first time in 15 years, the United States Department of Agriculture is implementing an overhaul to school lunch guidelines. New nutrition standards set calorie limits based on grade level, reduce sodium levels, ban trans fats, allow only non-fat and low-fat milk, require fruits and vegetables are both offered daily, and substantially increase whole grains.
These and other changes are part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. I applaud the federal government for taking this important step that allows schools to create and reinforce healthy eating habits. Texas has the fifth-highest rate of child food insecurity in the country, and meals served through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program may be the only food these children receive all day.
A school lunch of pizza sticks, a banana, raisins and whole milk under the old guidelines will now be whole wheat spaghetti with meat sauce, a whole wheat roll, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, kiwi and low-fat milk. This change will help more than 2.4 million Texas students who receive a free or reduced-price school lunch lead healthier, more active lives — in and out of the classroom.
Similar changes will be required for the School Breakfast Program beginning in the fall of 2013. However, only 56 percent of children who receive free and reduced-price lunch in Texas also participate in the breakfast program. While breakfast is the most important meal of the day, stigma and transportation barriers often keep eligible students from eating a free breakfast at school.
The Texas Hunger Initiative — a statewide anti-hunger organization within the Baylor University School of Social Work — is working with school districts across the state to increase participation in child nutrition assistance programs, such as the School Breakfast Program. The increased use of innovative breakfast delivery models, including Breakfast in the Classroom and Grab and Go Breakfast, provide convenience to students who no longer need to arrive early and help reduce the stigma associated with school breakfast.
Through our partnership with Share Our Strength — the nation's largest child anti-hunger organization — we launched the Texas No Kid Hungry campaign last school year and continue our work to ensure that Texas children have consistent access to nutritious meals that will allow them to be successful in life.
We are also beginning to work with school districts statewide to help implement the new school lunch nutrition standards and will do the same next school year when the new school breakfast guidelines go into effect. If you have children that eat school lunch, encourage them to try the fruits, vegetables and other new offerings served this year. If your children don't currently eat school lunch, have them give it a try, and I bet they will be pleasantly surprised — and so will you.
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Thursday 7 "Big Brother" (KRQE-13 8 p.m.) Every spring, the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. Every summer, we get another season of "Big Brother." Friday 8 "Torchwood: Miracle Day" (Starz 8 p.m.) Like the mind-blowing Season 3 maxi-series "Children of Earth," Season 4 of this BBC sci-fi hit consists of a single story arc. Everyone on Earth has suddenly lost the ability to die. Is this a miracle or some sick curse? Americans Mekhi Phifer, Bill Pullman, Lauren Ambrose, Ernie Hudson, C. Thomas Howell and John de Lancie join the cast. As if that weren't enough, the show is on pay cable now—so the cast can actually get naked for a change! Saturday 9 "Dino Gangs" (Discovery 6 p.m.) Like dinosaurs weren't scary enough. Now they ran around in gangs? "Celebrity Ghost Hunt" (BIO 9 p.m.) If so-called "professional" ghosthunters can't find sufficient evidence of life after death, why not send so-called "celebrity" ghosthunters like Eric Roberts and Christopher Atkins? Sunday 10 "Secrets of SEAL Team Six" (Discovery 6 p.m.) Don't these fall into the "if we told you, we'd have to kill you" category? "Famous Food" (VH1 8 p.m.) Heidi Montag, Real Housewife of New Jersey Danielle Staub, "The Bachelor" jerkwad Jake Pavelka, Eliot Spitzer's hooker Ashley Dupré, Vincent Pastore from "The Sopranos" and two rappers from Three 6 Mafia open a restaurant together in VH1's newest celebreality clusterfuck. I've got indigestion already. "Tough Cookies" (Food 8 p.m.) Tired of reality shows about people who make cakes? Tired of reality shows about people who make cupcakes? Has Food Network got the solution for you: a reality show about people who make cookies ! Monday 11 "Man vs. Wild" (Discovery 7 p.m.) Manly man Bear Grylls starts his seventh season by camping out in the wilderness in a tent with actor Jake Gyllenhaal. Hmm. Something about this situation seems very familiar. "Alphas" (Syfy 8 p.m.) Picking up where "Heroes" left off, Syfy tries to launch a successful superhero drama. "Surprise Homecoming" (TLC 8 p.m.) Military men and women stationed overseas return home. TLC films it. It's the perfect blend of easy sentiment and lazy concept. Tuesday 12 "Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape" (BBC America 8 p.m.) Tired of yelling at crappy chefs and second-rate restaurateurs, Chef Gordon Ramsay trades it all in for a travel show. Wednesday 13 "The 2011 ESPYs" (ESPN 7 p.m.) Athletes finally get the recognition they deserve as EPSN and host Seth Myers hand out nifty gold statues. That, a multimillion-dollar contract, a major endorsement deal and a Kardashian sister are all a sports star could ask for. "Roseanne's Nuts" (Lifetime 7 p.m.) Roseanne Barr gets her own reality show. The only odd thing about that (seriously, what took so long?) is it's about the 40-acre macadamia nut farm she owns in Hawaii. "Legend Quest" (Syfy 8 p.m.) If a hundred or more "In Search of …" rip-offs have been unable to locate legendary items like the Ark of the Covenant or the Holy Grail, what's one more Syfy Channel show gonna come up with?


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Evangelical, Ecumenical Heads Meet in Geneva
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches and the international director of the World Evangelical Alliance recently met to discuss their common concerns about efforts toward Christian unity.
The meeting between WCC's the Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit and WEA's the Rev. Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe was held last week at the Ecumenical Center in Geneva, Switzerland, where the WCC's headquarters is located.
It was the first meeting between the two bodies since the Global Christian Forum in Limuru, Kenya, in 2007.
The meeting was also the first since Tveit took over as general secretary of the WCC in January.
The two leaders discussed areas of common interest and collaboration, including mission and evangelism and the ongoing work on a code of conduct on conversion, which also involves the Roman Catholic Church.
"We affirmed that all Christians have a common call to be one, and that we want to be sensitive to one another's concerns," Tveit said of the meeting.
Tunnicliffe commented, "This important meeting was helpful in building bridges of understanding in regards to evangelism, religious liberty and caring for the vulnerable. We look forward to ongoing conversations with the WCC."
The two leaders affirmed the continued support of the WCC and WEA for the relatively new Global Christian Forum as a platform providing opportunities for encounters and dialogue between Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, Protestant, Evangelical, Pentecostal and the African Instituted Churches.
The WCC brings together many of the world's Orthodox, Anglican, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed, United and Independent churches, representing in total some 560 million Christians. The WEA represents 420 million evangelical Christians worldwide.


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Description: Sixteen-year-old Sophie Bloom wishes she'd been taught the following:
a) Bad boy's presence (TrOuBlE) + teen girl's brain (DraMa) = TrAuMa (Highly unstable and very volatile.)
b) The Genus Greekulum Godissimus is notable for three traits: 1) awesome abilities, 2) grudges, and 3) hook-ups, break-ups, and in-fighting that puts cable to shame.
Prior to the Halloween dance, Sophie figures her worst problems involve adolescent theatrics, yoga girls, and being on probation at her boarding school for mouthy behavior Then she meets bad boy Kai and gets the kiss that rocks her world. Literally. This breath stealing lip lock reawakens Sophie's true identity: Persephone, Goddess of Spring. She's key to saving humanity in the war between the Underworld and Olympus, target numero uno of Hades and Zeus, and totally screwed. Plus there's also the little issue that Sophie's last memory as Persephone was just before someone tried to murder her.
Big picture: master her powers, get her memories back, defeat Persephone's would be assassin, and save the world. Also, sneak into the Underworld to retrieve stolen property, battle the minions of Hades and Zeus, outwit psycho nymphs, slay a dragon, rescue a classmate, keep from getting her butt expelled from the one place designed to keep her safe ... and stop kissing Kai, Prince of the Underworld.
Review: If you have been following my blog, you will already know that I'm a big fan of Greek Mythology. The synopsis above, which has a new take on the famous Hades and Peresphone, caught my eye. Unlike the other YA books with the similar theme, My Ex From Hell is very light and humorous which made it very easy to read and get into the story.
Sophie Bloom is quite the character. She is a bit ditsy, blunt, and has a lot of sass. She's just like any sixteen year-old girl; she goes to school, has her fair share of family problems, belongs in a tight group of friends, and has a knack for getting into trouble. The thing that I liked the most about Sophie was her voice- she was snarky, sarcastic, and quite often overly dramatic. She becomes alive to the reader and you feel as if she's really present telling you all the events in her life. One downside to Sophie's voice is that she can become annoying very quickly, kind of a like a summer song that you liked a few times on the radio but now it's played constantly that make you want to switch radio stations constantly (Yes, I'm talking to you "Call Me, Maybe) and make you so thankful for Pandora/satellite radio.
I really got a kick out of the world Tellulah created for My Ex From Hell, both the Greek mythology and boarding school aspects of it. It's not very far from the setting of Percy Jackson and other quest types of stories. I'm glad that Tellulah's decided to use other lesser known characters and places based on the Greek myths. One thing that sets My Ex From Hell apart from other Persephone books that I have heard of is that Tellulah doesn't pair off Persephone/Sophie with Hades but with Hades' son Kai. I also liked how current pop culture is brought into the story for current young adults without being too distracting.
My Ex From Hell lost a bit of its steam somewhere in the middle. Some things felt a bit too forced and important events that I would have liked to know more about were a bit rushed. The humor was getting a bit old and I just wanted the characters to be a little bit more serious especially when their lives at stake. If the characters weren't sixteen, the language, and mention of drinking weren't present, the book felt very much like a middle grade novel. While I enjoyed reading the book, I'm not entirely sure whether I will be picking up this series, but I will definitely will be interested in what the author is planning next.
Rating: 3 stars
Words of Caution: There is some language and underage drinking. Recommended for Grades 8 and up.
If you like this book try: My Date from Hell by Tellulah Darling (Oct. 2013), Death and the Girl Next Door by Darynda Jones,


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I've been drinking tea off and on for a few years, but only in the last year have I started to test out loose leafs, and expand my taste buds.
I consider myself very new to the world of teas, especially when it comes to properly steeping, and knowing much about what certain teas are supposed to be like.
After discovering there was more to tea than Red Rose OP, I have traditionally tended to drink mint teas and similar herbals (but no fruity ones), red rooibos, honeybush, and the occasional matte. I've only recently discovered white teas and oolongs, which I really enjoy.
I'm expanding my knowledge, trying new teas, and just starting to learn about temperature/steep times, etc.
0: I don't even want to taste it.
1-10: I can't finish the cup.
11-30: I'll finish my cup, but that's it.
31-50: I will drink it until I've used it all up, or find someone to give it to. It's ok, but it's not something I tend to reach for.
51-70: I enjoy it enough to reach for it specifically, but I won't get it again.
71-80: I enjoy it quite a bit. I would recommend it to others.
81-90: I would definitely buy again, but it's not my favorite.
91-100: The creme de la creme
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How Do You Protect Your Voice?!
Category : Back to School , Blog , Corporate Speech & Communication Services
Are you at risk for losing your voice?
Do you talk all day? Do you compete with noise when you speak? Are you a teacher? Are you a parent? Are you an actor or singer? Are you a receptionist? Are you a realtor? Are you a salesperson? Are you an instructor of an exercise group? Are you a coach? The list is endless…basically, all of us are at risk so here are some tips.


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32 pages. Black and White one-shot.
Oversized - 11" x 15"
(A smaller 3-D version was also produced and may be floating around somewhere.)
After Zot! finished its first ten issue run in late '85, I took a year and a half break (not entirely voluntary, since the book was losing money at the time) and, apart from moving office furniture, I also decided to do a giant-sized one-shot filled with nothing but pure senseless violence from beginning to end.
I got the idea when I first heard people complaining about a Marvel comic called SuperBoxersand claiming that it was "nothing but senseless violence from beginning to end." I thought this sounded cool, but was disappointed, upon acquiring a copy, to discover that SuperBoxers included a plot, characterization, and other distractions. It wasn't PURE. Destroy!! was my attempt to get it right.
Destroy!! was half-jokingly credited by Alan Moore with getting the Image-era `90s started early.
Finding Destroy!! will require a trip to book reseller sites (or the brick-and-mortar variety), but I seem to recall a big pile of them turning up a few years ago, so it might not be too difficult.


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Brokerage firm Lee & Associates has closed a $7.9 million office sale in Santa Monica. The current home of Riot Creative Imaging, the 18,000-square-foot building is located at 1740 Stanford St., near the former industrial area of eastern Santa Monica.
The buyer, 1740 Stanford, LLC, was represented by David Wilson, a principal of Lee & Associates – Los Angeles West. The building, constructed in 1957, houses Riot Creative Imaging, whose parent company is ARC. Riot, which grew from a single print shop in Los Angeles in 1989 to more than 200 locations around the world, has become the leading document-solutions provider in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) marketplace.
"The office space situation, and commercial real estate in general, in Santa Monica is extremely tight, specifically for well-located older brick and bow truss type industrial buildings," said Wilson of Lee & Associates. "So the search for what the buyer was looking for was difficult. This sale generated eight solid offers, so it was very competitive. There are many well-capitalized buyers looking for owner-user buildings similar to this one."
Wilson said that the buyer is in discussions with John Pawson from the U.K. to assist in the renovation of this building.
"His plans call for making this office into the headquarters for MJZ, the world's most successful commercial production company, which he hopes to have completed by 2015."
Bob Dubbins of CBRE represented the seller, C&B Enterprises, LLC.


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What is Phenology?
What is Phenology?
Literally, phenology refers to the science of appearance. In the simplest terms, phenology is the study that measures the timing of life cycle events in all living things. The life cycle of an organism is the period of time involving a single generation through reproduction. So, when we think of a life cycle in an organism, we are not necessarily referring to the life span, but rather, the period of time it takes to reproduce a generation. Life cycle events are also known as phenophases. In plants, this includes first leaf, budburst, first flower, last flower, first ripe fruit, seed dispersal, and leaf color change, among others. In animals, the phenophases include mating, offspring production, molting, hibernation, and migration, among others.
Scientists who study phenology phenologists are interested in the timing of specific biological events with relation to seasonal and climatic change. Seasonal and climatic changes are some of the non living or abiotic components of the environment that impact the living or biotic components. Seasonal changes can include variations in day length, temperature, and rain or snowfall. Phenologists attempt to learn more about the abiotic factors that plants and animals respond to. In other words, how do plants and animals know it is time to migrate, hibernate, set flower, disperse seeds, or enter dormancy? What calendar' or clock' do they use to begin flowering, leafing, or mating?
When teaching lessons on phenology, I sometimes have folks wonder if phenologists are really just studying 'seasonality.' The term seasonality is used to describe changes in the abiotic environment such as the dates of first and last frost whereas the term phenology is used for studying the timing of biological events as influenced by seasonality.
Phenophases occur throughout the life cycle of an organism, however, spring is generally the time that we see a marked increase in the phenological activity that can even appear to be dramatic in contrast to winter. Depending on where you live, think of the changes in your local environment that tell you spring is almost here. In the Washington, DC area, cherry blossoms are a sure sign that spring is on its way. In many parts of the country, hearing the songs of the first robins of the season are what you look forward to. California poppies are an indicator of spring to many along the Pacific shores. In the Midwest, the greening up of fields and pastures is a signal that winter is almost over.
The timing of phenological events such as leaf budburst and first flower can be quite sensitive to environmental conditions. For example, in a particularly warm and dry spring these phenophases might occur weeks earlier than usual, whereas in an exceptionally cool and wet spring they may be delayed by an equal amount of time. As a result, the timing of phenophases tends to vary among years based on patterns of weather, climate, and resource availability. Phenological records based on human observations are a valuable asset in the environmental sciences because they provide something that human-made instruments do not: integrative measures of the physical, chemical, and biological environments. This sensitively to environmental change means that phenological studies are simple and cost-effective way to measure changes in the climate over the long-term.
Cloned Lilac (Syringa chinensis, 'Red Rothomagensis') phenological events from buds bursting to full bloom.
Photographs by Prof. Mark D. Schwartz, Dept. of Geography, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Phenological observations have been used for centuries to maximize crop production, prepare for seasonal allergies, and anticipate optimal wildflower viewing conditions. Today, this well established science is used to track the effect of global warming and climate change on organisms and to make predictions about the future health of the environment.
History of Phenology
Phenology is one of the oldest branches of environmental science dating back thousands of years. Observations of phenological events have provided indications of the progress of the natural calendar since pre-agricultural times.
Many cultures have traditional phenological proverbs and sayings which attempt to forecast future weather and climate: "If oak's before ash, you're in for a splash. If ash before oak, you're in for a soak". But the indications can be pretty unreliable, as an alternative version of the rhyme shows: "If the oak is out before the ash, 'Twill be a summer of wet and splash; If the ash is out before the oak,'Twill be a summer of fire and smoke."
The Chinese are credited with the first written phenological records dating back to around 974 B.C. For the past 1200 years, observations of the timing of peak cherry blossoms in Japan have been recorded. In Europe, the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus systematically recorded flowering times for 18 locations in Sweden over many years. His meticulous notes also recorded the exact climatic conditions when flowering occurred. Linnaeus, and a British landowner, Robert Marsham, share the honor of being considered the fathers' of modern plant phenology. Marsham's work, Indication of Spring, was the result of keeping systematic records of phenophases on his estate. His observations in the form of dates recorded the first occurrence of events such as flowering, bud burst, and the emergence or flight of an insect. For generations, Marsham's family maintained records of phenological events over unprecedentedly long periods of time, eventually ending with the death of Mary Marsham in 1958. The records of the Marsham family showed trends that were observed and related to long-term climate records. |
Interest in phenology continues today. In the United States, the National Phenology Network (NPN) engages both professional scientists and citizen scientists in recording phonological events. In Europe, the European Phenology Network has monitoring, research and educational remits. Nature's Calendar in both the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have active Web sites and events. Canada has PlantWatch and many other countries, including China and Australia have phenological programs.
Why is Phenology Important?
From the historical records and observations, we know that phenological events can vary from year to year. Ecosystems can recover from variation between years, but when these changes happen consistently over many years, the timing of events such as flowering, leafing, migration, and insect emergence can impact how plants and animals are able to thrive in their environments.
The success of an ecosystem or food chain depends on the timing of phenological events. Many animals rely on leaves, buds, flowers and fruit for their food. If the timing of the emergence of leaves, buds, and flowers is greatly changed, it can result in fewer seeds and insects which would impact the animals that depend on insects for their food. Phenology is also concerned with the relationships among the phenophases of individuals of the same or different species. For example, when do California Poppies bloom relative to the activity and the abundances of their bumblebee pollinators? Are there always pollinators available to transfer pollen between flowering California Poppy plants, or does pollinator activity change throughout the flowering season or from year to year? Do individual Elderberry plants produce their berries at the same time as their seed dispersers need (and eat) them most, or are many of their berries unsuccessfully dispersed because they ripen and remain uneaten on the plants that bear them? |
California poppy is a native plant in California . This plant provides color and beauty as well as wildlife habitat. |
For many plants, the growing season is triggered by rising air temperatures. Fruit trees flower in response to rising temperatures. Let's take a closer look at cherry trees. They flower in response to warming temperatures, so if it is warmer earlier in the year, the flowers will bloom earlier as well. There is evidence that this is actually happening in some places in the country. For example, Washington DC has traditionally had a Cherry Blossom Festival during the first two weeks in April, culminating in mid April with a parade. Over the past few decades, the cherry trees have been blooming earlier and earlier, so that peak bloom is now at the beginning, rather than during the celebration at the end of the festival.
Cherry trees, as well as many other fruit trees like apples, peaches and pears, are pollinated by insects, which have a seasonal life cycle they take time to develop from egg to larva to adult. If the trees flower earlier in the season, they may be out of synch with their pollinators. For example if an insect is still in the egg or larval stage, they will not be able to fly from tree to tree and transport pollen from one plant to another. Without pollination, the flowers are not fertilized, and will not produce fruit.
Cherry Trees in full flower in New York
Photo courtesy of Paul Alaback, University of Montana
In addition to affecting our food supply, phenological events can also affect human health. Pollen allergies can be exacerbated by some changes in growing conditions. People are allergic to pollen from all kinds of plants, and when the flowering time changes, those reactions will change as well.
Changes in the timing of phenological events have important implications for scientific research. Scientists use phenological data in computer models that project future climate scenarios and the projected impacts of such changes on the environment. Scientists are also interested in how phenology can inform the monitoring of drought conditions and the assessment of risk related to wildfires.
Changes in phenological events can have a significant impact on how we live our lives and interact with our environment on a daily basis. When you start to considerof all the potential impacts due to changes in the timing of leafing, flowering, or migration, it becomes clear that phenology is a very important environmental science.
Phenology Today (from The Phenology Handbook )
Some of the most rigorous phenological studies performed today are carried out by environmental scientists representing a wide range of approaches, including population biologists, community ecologists, climatologists, hydrologists, and specialists in satellite-driven remote-sensing. The integration of scientific disciplines makes for particularly powerful studies because the site intensive nature of one tool (e.g., botanical inventories and detailed phenological studies) can complement the geographically extensive information provided by another (e.g., satellites). Let's consider this in more detail in the following example.
At the continental scale, sensors in NASA's MODIS satellites in space measure the amount of sunlight reflected from the earth's surface. Leaves reflect light that is particularly rich in wavelengths in the near-infrared portion of the light spectrum, which the human eye cannot see but that satellite sensors can measure. The reflectance of light from leaves is greatest in mid-summer when leaves are most abundant, and lowest in winter when grasslands, shrublands, and forest trees are mostly bare. Thus, satellites detect the onset of spring by detecting a rapid increase in the reflectance of infrared wavelengths this phenomenon is called green-up. Alternatively, the senescence of leaves in the autumn leads to a decrease in reflectance, and this is called brown-down. By collecting these remotely-sensed data on a regular basis and on a large geographic scale, scientists can accurately measure the onset of spring growth across the entire Northern or Southern Hemisphere.
At the same time as green-up is detected around the world by satellites, plant-watchers on Earth can observe the fine details of this process. Families, students, nature enthusiasts, and professional botanists who regularly visit a natural landscape can track green-up on a daily or weekly basis. By identifying which habitats and plant species are leafing out, we can identify the phenological events and species that contribute most to the infrared reflectance values observed from space (this process is called "ground-truthing").
At an even finer spatial scale (e.g., from square miles to square meters), biogeochemical sensors can measure daily and seasonal fluctuations in temperature, precipitation, atmospheric gasses, sunlight, soil nutrients, stream flow, and other components of the abiotic environment upon which plants and animals require for growth. With these data on hand, scientists can determine the influence of environmental factors on phenological patterns.
Project BudBurst Web site
The Phenology Handbook: a guide to phenological monitoring or students, families, teachers, and nature enthusiasts.